Police Recruitment

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Today's Daily News reports that murders are up while arrests are down in the San Fernando Valley. One reason is a shortage of cops. In the past four years, the Los Angeles Police Department has declined in numbers by more than ten percent. Trained officers are leaving the force, and not enough new ones are being signed up despite a television advertising campaign and recruitment effort that reaches as far as New York. We find out why and what's being done to remedy the situation. We talk to a nine-year veteran of the department, the head of LAPD recruitment, and to an applicant who can't understand why the process is taking so long.
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Financial Information Privacy Act: SB773

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